FLINT, Michigan — As relatives and friends gathered for a vigil to remember homicide victim Timothy C. Baker, they also shared news of the loss of another loved one — the third shooting death in this family this year.

DeAndre S. Cole, who was shot Dec. 11 on Darryl Drive, died Friday after nearly a week in critical condition at Hurley Medical Center.

He was a cousin to Baker, who was shot and killed in a triple shooting Dec. 12 at his home on West Ridgeway Avenue. Baker’s nephew also was injured in that shooting, as well as the nephew’s girlfriend, who remains in critical condition.

View full size(Joseph Tobianski | The Flint Journal)Nadia Gilbert, 31, kneels in front of a collage of photographs of her late fiance Timothy Baker, who was shot and killed on Dec. 12. The two have a 4-year-old daughter. Dozens of friends and family gathered outside Baker's home for a candlelight vigil on Friday evening.

Remecoe Baker, 19, lost his brother in June, his uncle Dec. 11 and his favorite cousin Dec. 12. Staring at the ground, he softly described Cole as a quiet person and a father with a love for automobiles.

“He kept to himself,” he said. “He loved his cars. He loved his kid.”

There have been no arrests in Cole’s shooting. He was 22.

About 80 people gathered for the vigil, huddled together in the blistering cold to light their candles. Talk often turned to Cole, and photos of Timothy Baker sat under a tree.

Across the street, deflated balloons and a photo still clung to a pole from a months-old memorial for DeQuan Baker.

After an hour of mourning at the vigil, a single gunshot was heard in the distance, and the crowd briskly dispersed.

Three people have been arrested and charged in Timothy Baker’s slaying.

Baker’s sister Trameka Davis said the arrests provide a small amount of comfort for the family.

“He was a family guy,” Davis said about her brother, who had three kids and a fiancée. “He will be well missed. Just another tragedy in Flint.”

Nadia Gilbert, Baker’s fiancée and mother of his 4-year-old daughter, said the extended family has been rocked to its core by the three homicides.

“They’re very devastated,” she said. “We’re losing a lot of our young people to crime. It feels like — no hope.”

Most friends and family said that they don’t believe the three homicides were linked.

Wendy Baker, Timothy Baker’s sister and DeQuan Baker’s mother, believes there may have been some connection, saying the shooters knocked on their victims’ doors in both instance.

Police have not released enough details on the shootings to confirm whether there were similar circumstances.

Police have said Timothy Baker’s slaying may have been related to drugs, but friends and family don’t believe that.

“That hit me hard,” said Ryan Younger, 34, a friend of Timothy Baker’s who owned an entertainment promotions business with Baker. “It hurt me, because he didn’t use drugs. ... He was a humble family man.”

Cole’s and Baker’s deaths were among four homicides in six days in Flint, which has recorded 65 homicides this year, more than ever before.

On Dec. 13, Billy Bryant Jr., 33, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in a red Oldsmobile parked along Donald Street at Harriet Street. There have been no arrests in that slaying.

And on Dec. 16, Isiah Toins, 20, was found stabbed to death just after midnight at a mobile home park on Lippincott Boulevard near Dort Highway. His 33-year-old girlfriend was arrested.